Cantonese Linguistics in the Pacific Rim: Theory and Applications
The 4th Workshop on Innovations in Cantonese Linguistics (WICL-4) will take place on June 23 and 24, 2018, at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. The conference focuses on new advances in Cantonese Linguistics, including new approaches to theory and data, methodologies, and applications. New research on geographical variations, overseas speaker communities, and pedagogical issues are especially welcome.
Conference Date: Saturday, June 23 – Sunday, June 24
Conference Venue: Auditorium, UBC Asian Centre (1871 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2)
Conference Email: wicl.4@ubc.ca
Faculty Co-Chairs: Raymond Pai and Qian Wang
*Registration is free. Please RSVP by May 31, 2018 if you are interested in attending or presenting at the conference.
Conference Schedule
SATURDAY – JUNE 23, 2018
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08:00 |
Registration |
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08:20 |
Opening remarks |
Phonetics and Its Interfaces
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08:30 |
Una Chow and Stephen J. Winters (University of Calgary) |
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The influence of knowledge of lexical tones on the identification of statements and questions in Cantonese |
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09:00 |
Mei-Ying Ki (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
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Pragmatic function and syntactic position of Cantonese “HLHL” contour intonation |
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09:30 |
Lauretta Cheng and Zoe Lam (The University of British Columbia) Special demo session: Ultrasound technology in teaching and learning |
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10:15 |
Coffee break |
Language Education
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10:30 |
Winnie Chor (Hong Kong Baptist University) |
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The needs, practices, and benefits of learning Cantonese for the work context – Case study in Hong Kong |
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11:00 |
Shuang Li and Duanduan Li (The University of British Columbia) |
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Motivation of Mandarin speakers learning Cantonese in a transnational context |
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11:30 |
Matthew B. Christensen (Brigham Young University) |
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Teaching Cantonese as part of a general education program: Issues and challenges |
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12:00 |
Liam Doherty (The University of British Columbia) |
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Digital literacy in Cantonese language education |
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12:30 |
Lunch (not provided) |
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14:00 |
Plenary session: Molly Babel (The University of British Columbia) Phonetic variation and flexibility in Vancouver-based Cantonese |
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15:00 |
Coffee break |
Historical Linguistics and Morphology
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15:15 |
Ricky Y.H. Sham (The University of British Columbia) |
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One system fits all? Robert Morrison’s transcription of Mid-Qing Cantonese and Mandarin |
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15:45 |
Carine Yuk-man Yiu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
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Postverbal dak in early Cantonese |
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16:15 |
Ka Fai Yip (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
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Cantonese verbal suffix dak and intentionality |
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16:45 |
Coffee break |
Pragmatics and Sociolinguistics
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17:00 |
Zhiyin Tan (University of Macau) |
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The use of Cantonese discourse markers by Legislative Council members in Hong Kong and Macau |
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17:30 |
Kennedy Wong (The University of British Columbia) and Cross Tam (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) |
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Are Cantonese commercial songs brainwashing nowadays? Analyzing the transformation of Cantonese lyrics in TV commercial song |
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18:00 |
Charles Lam (Hang Seng Management College), Genevieve Leung (University of San Francisco), and Raymond Pai (The University of British Columbia) |
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Identities are no joke (or are they?): Humor and identity in Vivek Mahbubani’s stand-up |
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18:30 |
Banquet (address TBD) |
Sunday – June 24, 2018
Language Contact
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08:30 |
Alex Hong-Lun Yeung (Stony Brook University) |
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Category-specific effect on word size in Cantonese loanword phonology |
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09:00 |
John Wakefield (Hong Kong Baptist University) |
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A new approach to loanword semantics |
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09:30 |
Marjorie Chan (The Ohio State University) |
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East meets west: language and humour in post-WWII Hong Kong |
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10:00 |
Coffee break |
Language Acquisition
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10:15 |
Ziyin Mai, Yuqi Wu, Kay H. Y. Wong, Tze Yan Law, and Virginia Yip (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
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Preserving the zoeng-construction in heritage Cantonese: evidence from the Winston corpus |
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10:45 |
Stephen Matthews (University of Hong Kong) and Virginia Yip (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
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Intergenerational transmission of Cantonese in a multilingual context |
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11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:30 |
Plenary session: Dana Scott Bourgerie (Brigham Young University) |
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12:30 |
Lunch (not provided) |
Syntax
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14:00 |
Charles Lam (Hang Seng Management College) |
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Constraints of V-one-V constructions in Cantonese: evidence from corpus data |
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14:30 |
Siu Pong Cheng (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
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Revisiting the syntax of two approximatives in Cantonese |
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15:00 |
Tommi Leung (United Arab Emirates University) |
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The Cantonese ‘semi-complementizer’ is not a complementizer |
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15:30 |
Cindy Wan Yee Lau (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
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Wh-ex-situ in Cantonese |
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16:00 |
Coffee break |
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16:15 |
Plenary session: Andy Chin (The Education University of Hong Kong) |
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17:15 |
Closing remarks |
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